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Braitain questions clone meat

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Monday, August 9, 2010, In : meat poultry seafood 
Britain's food watchdog said it had found that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the UK food chain and had been eaten, stirring controversy over whether such products are ethical. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that under European rules, suppliers are supposed to obtain a license before selling products from cloned animals but added there was no suggestion they posed any health danger to consumers. "While there is no evidence that consuming products from healthy clones...
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Smithfield Food sells noncore business

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : meat poultry seafood 
Smithfield Foods has completed the sale of most of its RMH Foods entree business and its Maverick Food joint venture in China. It was announced yesterday that  it has sold all of the assets of RMH Foods, which produces fully cooked beef, pork and chicken entrees, to a group of investors led by the Rocke family meanwhile Maverick Food, the group’s Chinese joint venture, has also been sold to COFCO Limited, China's largest national agricultural trading and processing company.

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JBS acquired Tatiara from Vion in Australia

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, In : meat poultry seafood 
JBS, Brazilian meat group, has announced a deal that will make it the largest lamb producer in Australia.

The company said yesterday (15 December) that it had agreed to pay Dutch meat business Vion Food Group US$30m for lamb processor Tatiara Meat Co.in Australia. The transaction, arranged through JBS's local subsidiary Swift Australia. Tatiara exports to the US, Canada and Europe and  has annual revenues of around A$200m.The deal is subject to regulatory approval. JBS had also acquired in S...


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